The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has described Israel’s deadly attack on a tent camp for displaced people in Rafah as a “heinous massacre”, which it considers and act of “state-organised terrorism”.

The OIC — the world’s second largest intergovernmental body after the UN — said those responsible for the “war crime” attack on the camp in Rafah must be held to account and face international criminal law.

“The Secretary-General held the Israeli occupation accountable for the consequences of its crimes, terrorist practices, and brutal attacks against the Palestinian people, which are inconsistent with all human values,” the organisation, representing 57 member states, said in a statement.

“The OIC renewed its call on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to assume its responsibilities in compelling Israel, to implement the orders of the International Court of Justice to stop this Israeli aggression immediately,” it said.